The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

menI unouly curtails the second
session OF every Congress; and that IL
would be Fl ting celebration of the
one hundredth
AhSiVARLARY OF THE INAUGURATION
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
to inauguIats tie President in 1889
upon the same day. Tbs resolution
went to the House, and was referred
to the Ju tic AIRY Committee. That
committee had ia its possession Joint
resolution, introduced by Mr.. Grain,
OF Texas, prop osi0g that the constitu.
ton be 80 amended by tue votes of
the Legislatures OF the several States
taat the Term Ct the Fiftieth Con gress
shall end on Decembsr 3lst st noon /;
that the + fty-frst Congress shall meet
Immediately Their, after, and thai the
meeting day for Congress shall in the
future be the second Tuesday in jan
nay in each year. Mr.. Grams
resolution, il ADOPT d, would
Or ng toe Fifty first Conges,
together about two months after the
members had been elected, whereas
the members Ut der the pres ant fys.
TEN do not come together until thir-
tom months after they have bee
chosen. The Senate proposition ex.
tends all terms and a0d4 a month to
the second session of every Corgresr.
The Grain proposition shortens the
term OF the FiItieth Congress by two
months, but it affords a chsnce for
m iking eech session of the Fifty.first
and All succet ding Congresses twelve
months long if the IN j3rity shall de-
eide to do bnsinss s Tor that length tf
tine. The Grain resolution does net
aztec 'ha Presidential tenn. The
Houe Judiciary COMMITTEES /, now
considering both of thes4 pro aoli ions,
and 1t 10 III night probab that they
VIII report resolution comprising tle
best pOints of both.
M miNNvILLK AND WINCHESTER RAIL
RoAl
bill, OF which he has charge az a sub
committee. When asked whether any
opp sition was bsirg developed he
SAID: None except that the CORE
spoDdsnt OF the Cincinnati Com aiercial-
Gag lie seems t. think il is aa unjust
claim, and the Senator laughed good
natuTedly. Sem r Harris said today
that he had m doubt that q vote
would be taken upon the
IETERs ATE COMMERCE. BILL
tomorrow, "a proposed, nor that il
would fail OF passage when the vote
was taken. Both sizes are mastering
all their forces for the ARRAY. This af.
ternoon there was some Lively Skin
along the line.
SENATOR cULLoM INTERVIEWED.
In a conversation had This evening
with your correspondent, s snstor Cui.
lom said: l doubt whether | will be
able to scare vote upon the inter.
state CONNIE rec bill tomorrow. Sena
tor Call has the fl or, and then there
ars Senators Hoar, Aldrich, Chase,
opooner and Evarts, who want to
speak, and none of them are noted for
brevty. Ordinarily their speeches
would take two or three days to de-
liver, and the Senate is scarcely likely
20 grant 1t until midnight. However, l
have no fear as to the final result
II the bill; whtn e comes to a vote it
will pass by five or ten M )rity. At
me time expected a two.thirds ma
srlty, but the New Engl nd repres an.
,ativ's who vot d for my bill last
session aie opposed t. the confere nee
'eport on account OF the fourth sec
ion, the pooling provision. l don't
hink the conference report has GAIN
ID sirgle vote in The Senate, There
Will be only six Demo cratic
opposition voter, those of Morgan,
Brown, Mcpherson, Pa ne, BntOer and
i ampton. Ali the New L gland
,o.es are against the bill aud Sena.or
sherman is prominent convert to
he opposition on account of the long
nd snort haul clause l expect
here will be an attempt made
o have the report recon-
nitted, possibly with instructions.
1 the oppos ton adopt di l4tory
Rctics as thsir policy, can promise
GU there will he circus. l don't |
ropote to be tr fl 9d with nor allow
he country to be trih d with on this
aestion. OF course l do not want t.
9 discourte GUS in foic;pg the vote,
ut l believe the country wants the
Ill 10 be tither passed or killed at
nee.
NOVEL INTERNATIONAL CASE.
A decision was rendered in the
ovel and intert sting international
30 of the Knz of the BsIeians, by
harles Mall, Consul, against the
eeper of the common Jail of Hudson
,unty, N. j. Ga the 10. of last DC.
'ber there occurred on board of the
sIRisn ship Nordland, lying at her
ock in Jersey City, fight between
or sailors, in the course Of which one
the men named Wildenhus stabbed
Id killed another named Frige ms,
9TH Belgian subjects. The police gu.
critics arrested the murderer and
% other sailors who were Witnesses
the fight and imprisoned them in
9 Jersey City lil. The B slgiau Con-
J, &C ing und, r instructions from his
demanded the release of
the prisoners on the ground that
Q crime was committed within the
of the kingdom OF Bal
I'M, and that under the law OF ma.
me he, as Consul, had sole authority
the premises. The demand for the
lease OF the prisoners was refused,
lereupOn the Consul sued out a writ
habeas corpus and uron the dis
sssl of the wri. by he United States
rcuit O5urt he brough. tae case 10
is court by appeal.
Justice Waite, speaking for the court !
this case, said: THE principle
,ich governs the whole matter is
Is: Disorders which disturb only
3 peace Of the ship or those on board
, to be dealt with exclusively by
3 sovereignty Of the home of the
Up; but those which disturb the re- l
SO If the people on shore may be
oppressed, aud IL need be the Offend
punished by the proper authorities !
the local jurisdiction. II may not :
easy at all times to determine to
Iich of the two jurisd ctions q par !
ular act Of disorder belongA Much .
Il undoubtedly depend lon the at =
ding circumstances of the psrticu. y
case, but all must concede that a :
onious homicide is subject for loo al '
iedicliou ann ~ tho Oronar artko.